In 2016, Carnival Corporation introduced fathom, (stylized with a leading lowercase ‘f’) a new cruise brand that sought to redefine the industry by blending tourism with volunteerism, commonly known as “voluntourism.” Fathom’s mission was unique: it promised travelers a chance…
In connection with the news yesterday, cruise lines have begun cancelling calls in Cuban ports. A overwhelming majority of those cruises are booking those voyages solely for calls in Havana. Here are the updated cruise lines statements: NCL NCL has…
Update June 04: News broke today that the US government released a statement saying they will officially be revoking recreational travel to Cuba. More on this as cruise lines release their statements. Going forward, the United States will prohibit U.S.…
MSC Cruises announced that the MSC Armonia will sail 7-night western Caribbean itineraries featuring an overnight in Cuba. She will reposition to Miami and start the itineraries this December. She will sail on Mondays and overnight in Havana on Saturday and…
Norwegian Cruise Line just announced a change to their summer deployment next year. This may seem last minute but that’s the benefit of a smaller fleet of ships to manage. The biggest highlight is that the Norwegian Sun will reposition…
The below originally posted in 2017. You can follow along with the 2019 restrictions here. UPDATE 6/16/2017 PM:The new policy for US-Cuban relations going forward is out. As predicted, it won’t interfere with cruise operations too much. The relations will…
Carnival Cruise Lines has just been granted permission to sail to Cuba. Carnival will be sending the Carnival Paradise out of Tampa. She will be the highest capacity ship to sail to the island nation. 4 & 5-night cruises are…
It’s official, US Cruise lines can now sail US passengers to Cuba from US ports. The US Government just handed approval to a bunch of cruise lines today. Let’s take a look. Royal Caribbean Cruises received approval for Royal Caribbean…
Carnival Corp has decided to send fathom’s Adonia back to UK’s P&O Cruises. They will not replace her with another ship. This effectively spells the end to the start-up line. Carnival Corp instead announced that social impact excursions, the focal…
This post originally appeared on CruiseInd eight years ago. At the time, it looked at how Americans could legally cruise to Cuba and why Royal Caribbean’s Empress of the Seas was likely to become the line’s first Cuba ship. As…
Founded by Industry veteran Bruce Nierenberg (Former executive of NCL, Costa, Premier and Delta Queen Steamboat) the new Victory Cruise Lines will be a small one ship line. The main focus will be the US inland waterways during Summer and…
The Empress of the Seas finally arrived in Miami this morning. The recently reacquired ship was delayed quite a bit in drydock in Cadiz, Spain, forcing her to reposition to the Grand Bahama Shipyard for the completion of her work.…
After a rocky start, Carnival Corp’s fathom brand is now officially underway. After an inaugural cruise to the Dominican Republic, fathom’s Adonia(ex- R Eight, Minerva II, Royal Princess) made quite to scene as the first american based cruise ship to…
Big news from Carnival today: Carnival Corporation & plc , the world’s largest travel and leisure company, today announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Commerce granted approval for the company to begin travel to…
from MSC: MSC Cruises, the world’s largest privately-owned global cruise line and the market leader in the Mediterranean and South America, announced today that, starting in December 2015, its 2,120-guestMSC Opera will homeport in Havana for the winter 2015-16 season to offer…
UPDATE MONDAY:Celestial Cruises offered this clarification to CIN: We gradually increased our stake over the past two years to where we are now the significant majority (shareholder). Our intention is to support the venture’s continued growth and further commit to…
According to travelagentcentral this morning, American citizens can now legally book cabins on Cuba Cruise itineraries to Cuba. Of course flights to and from Havana are still not widely or publicly available yet, so you must arrive/depart in Montego Bay,…